Language is an impure medium. Speech is public property and words are the soiled products, not of nature, but of society, which circulates and uses them for a thousand different ends.


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Edward Hirsch Quotes

Language is an impure medium. Speech is public property and words are the soiled products, not of nature, but of society, which circulates and uses...

Language is an impure medium. Speech is public property and words are the soiled products, not of nature, but of society, which circulates and uses...

Language is an impure medium. Speech is public property and words are the soiled products, not of nature, but of society, which circulates and uses...

Language is an impure medium. Speech is public property and words are the soiled products, not of nature, but of society, which circulates and uses...